An artistic garden environment of tile mosaic sculptures.

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

Handcrafted thermal spa washes away each night with the tide.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A glacier pocked with ice caves and surrounded by rainforests.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

New Zealand's epic shrine to all things puzzling.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

The ruins of New Zealand's largest classical-style church.

World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

These bronze sculptures sow whimsy by hamming it up on a pedestrian mall.

An iconic work of public art that lights up the downtown area.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.